Individual tickets for Saturday or Sunday are $85; a ticket to attend both days is $160.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Maymont Foundation, Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation and the Richmond Jazz Society.

To whet musical appetites, the festival will offer several appetizer shows ahead of the main course.

On Friday, Aug. 7, “Homegrown at the Hippodrome Theater” is scheduled at the historic Jackson Ward venue at 528 N. 2nd St. An array of local and national jazz artists are scheduled to perform. Tickets are $30.

On Thursday, Aug. 6, free jazz shows are scheduled at two venues, both at 6 p.m. One is at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, 2408 Ownby Lane, near Hermitage Road on North Side. The other is at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard.